“The couple was driving north on the rural road late one afternoon in March 2005″

Late afternoon in March, so it was getting dim, or dark. Large nocturnal feeders are getting restless, emerging from their daytime lairs and moving along the ditches, fences, river undergrowth and into the woods towards their hunting grounds.

I lived and hunted in Southern Wisconsin, and believe that a wary nomad could easily travel across the fields, waterways, woods and Kettle Moraines there in complete secrecy. There are no mountains, but the rolling hills and river bottoms can conceal anything!

“…nothing that could suggest a population of Napes living in the area…”

Evidence suggests that Squatch may be solitary most of the time, at least in daily hunts and travels, much like most cryptids - cougars, wolverines, wolves, thylacines, werefolk etc…

Delevan was originally a trainstop for the circuses of old which apparently bedded down there for the winter. Maybe it’s the decendant of some side-show freak? Bearded-lady great-grandchild?

But weird things aside, the recent, tragic story of the killings was a case where the couple was separated, the man was jealous and crazed and decided to kill himself and his young family, and a couple of others got in the way. I used to report on family violence quite a bit in the county. It sadly occurs anywhere and everywhere, and again, I just can’t see a link between this horrible and isolated tragedy and Delavan’s local oddities.

- Linda Godfrey

It is practically on the Illinois border between Madison and Chicago, and is in an intensively farmed, very flat region. There are a couple of rivers with patches of woods along them, and a couple of lakes with woods. But nothing that could suggest a population of Napes living in the area, without every one knowing about it. There just isn’t enough cover.

Could population pressure make them wander, the way the cougars, wolverines and wolves are?

It was also written about in an article in the Chicago Reader in October 2006. The paper sent a full crew here to interview the Faytus’ and me and did a large feature story. A full story will also appear in the forthcoming book Strange Wisconsin.

The reason Biscardi was involved is that he had decided to come here and hunt for Manwolves on Bray Road and contacted me about it. I’m unable to make personal appearances right now and do not have time to coordinate witnesses for people, but I suggested he stop at the Richmond House and talk to the Faytus.’ He did and then filmed a recent segment with Milwaukee’s NBC affiliate with himself and the Faytus.’

While their restaurant is technically located in rural Delavan, it is also close to Whitewater. The Lima Marsh is between Whitewater and Milton and I’m sorry, but it is ludicrous to make any connection between the domestic violence that recently occurred in the city of Delavan and these unknown creature sightings between Milton and Whitewater. Not that Delavan doesn’t have its share of weirdness.

The Faytus’ by the way are extremely credible people, just hard-working business owners. They have not erected a Bigfoot statue at their restaurant or used it for business. They do have the best fish fry around.

Please check out the web page for other Bigfoot sightings in this vicinity that I’ve been keeping track of.

Best regards, Linda Godfrey